10 Years Ago The Harrison third-grade-and-under chess team participated in the Goshen team tournament March 1. They won 18-1/2 of their 20 games, giving them a first-place finish. The team will participate in the state qualifying rounds. Team members are: Alek Jansen, Nicholas Jansen, Gibson Heckert and Connor Singrey. 25 Years Ago Atwood fifth grade students Krista Bailey and Damian May weighed Lucy Bell, one of two experimental rats, while their teacher Terry Winteregg supervised. The class conducted an experiment into the benefits of milk. Lucy Bell’s diet included milk while Skeeter’s diet contained sugar water and no milk. The National Dairy Council provided the rats and R.R. Donnelley and Sons, through the Adopt-A-School program, provided the necessary supplies. After one week of the experiment the students found the rat receiving milk weighed 17 grams more than the rat without milk. 50 Years Ago Fire - man’s friend, man’s enemy - ate into the heart of a downtown Warsaw business block Tuesday afternoon causing total damage estimated unofficially at $60,000. The Central Shoe Company, 106 East Center Street, one of Warsaw’s oldest business concerns, was gutted by the blaze. Owner-manager Jerry Gerard said the loss is adequately covered by insurance, and he hopes to be back in business with all new merchandise within a period of 60 days. 75 Years Ago Miss Jeannette Strayer, student at Indiana University, is visiting over the weekend at Claypool with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Strayer. Miss Herberta Robinson and Miss Becky McKinley, students at Ball Sate Teachers’ College, Muncie, are spending the weekend in Warsaw with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Robinson, and attending the regional tournament at the Warsaw Armory.
